36258 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 127 /Thursday, July 2, 1998 / Notices

p.m., Alaska Standard Time, Friday,

November 20, 1998.

Copies of the solicitation are available

to any interested party by calling or

writing the above telephone number/

address.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

David B. Allen,

Regional Director, Anchorage, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 98–17667 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM–070–98–1430–00–P]

Emergency Closure of Public Lands to

Motorized Vehicles Within the Butte

Field Office, Butte, MT

AGENCY: Butte Field Office, Bureau of

Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 8340.0–3, 8341.2(a),

and 8364.1, the following closure shall

take effect immediately in the area

described in this notice within the

jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

Management until the WhitetailPipestone Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) is completed with

public involvement.

The following described lands

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management in the Whitetail-Pipestone

project area are limited to use of existing

roads and trails for all motorized

vehicles, except snowmobiles. All

existing roads and trails are open unless

signed otherwise. These lands are

bordered on the west by U.S. Interstate

15 from Butte to Boulder, on the east by

the Whitetail Road from Boulder to

Whitehall, and on the south by Highway

2 from Whitehall to Butte.

The purpose of the closure is to

protect cultural resources and riparian

areas, reduce erosion and new spread of

noxious weeds in the area, and stop the

proliferation of user-created trails. Most

of the existing roads and trails will be

open in the area during the closure

order.

Pursuant to 43 CFR 8340.0–4, the

following use is exempt from this order:

(1) Any military, fire, emergency, or

law-enforcement vehicle that is being

used for emergency purposes;

(2) Any vehicle whose use is

expressly authorized by the Authorized

Officer or otherwise officially approved;

and

(3) Vehicles in official use.

More specifically, these lands are:

All BLM lands north of Highway 2 and south

of Interstate 90 as follows:

N1⁄2N1⁄2 of Sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 5 W.

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, of Sec. 2; N1⁄2NW1⁄4

of Sec. 3; N1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; S1⁄2NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4 of Sec. 9; S1⁄2SE1⁄4 of Sec. 10;

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 11; NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of

Sec. 12; NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec.

14; T. 1 N., R. 6 W.

Secs. 23, 24, 25, 26, and 35 of T. 2 N., R.

6 W.

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 19; all of Secs.

30 and 31; S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 32, T. 2 N., R. 5 W.

All BLM lands north of Interstate 90 and

south of the township line between T. 2

N. and T. 3 N. as follows:

N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, of

Sec. 6; W1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 18, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 26, T. 2 N.,

R. 4 W.

All of Secs. 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10; SW1⁄4 of

Sec. 14; all of Secs. 15, 17, and 18;

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 19; N1⁄2,

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 20; N1⁄2, N1⁄2SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 21; N1⁄2, SE1⁄4 of Sec. 22; SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NW1⁄4 of Sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 5 W.

All BLM lands north of the township line

between T. 2 N. and T. 3 N., south of the

township line between T. 4 N. and T. 5

N., and west of the Whitetail Road as

follows:

All of Secs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24

except mining claims in Sec. 11, T. 2 N.,

R. 6 W.

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; all of Sec. 6; W1⁄2,

W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec. 8; W1⁄2, W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec.

32, T. 3 N., R. 4 W.

All of Secs. 25, 26, and 35, T. 3 N., R. 5

W.

E1⁄2, N1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2,

W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec. 5; NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 8; W1⁄2 of

Sec. 17; W1⁄2, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 20; N1⁄2,

SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 28; all of Secs.

30 and 31, T. 4 N., R. 4 W.

All BLM lands north of the township line

between T. 4 N. and T. 5 N., south of

Interstate 15, and west of Highway 69

that runs between Boulder and

Whitehall, as follows:

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 19; SE1⁄4 of Sec. 30;

W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 32, T. 5 N., R. 3 W.

W1⁄2 of Sec. 5; all of Sec. 6; W1⁄2, SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 8; SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 13;

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 14, T. 5 N., R. 4 W.

W1⁄2SW1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 31; SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 32, T. 6 N., R. 4 W.

All BLM lands south of U.S. Interstate 15 as

follows:

S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec. 15; S1⁄2S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec.

16; SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 17; S1⁄2SW1⁄4.

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 22; SE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec. 23;

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 24; W1⁄2,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 25, T. 6 N., R. 5 W.

The authorities for this closure are 43

CFR 8340.0–3, 8341.2, and 8364.1. The

closure will remain in effect until the

Recreation Management Plan

Environmental Impact Statement for

this area is completed.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the closure order

and maps showing the location of the

closed areas are available from the

Bureau of Land Management, Butte

Field Office, 106 North Parkmont, P.O.

Box 3388, Butte, Montana 59702,

telephone 406–494–5059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merle Good, Field Manager, Butte Field

Office, P.O. Box 3388, Butte, Montana

59702; telephone 406–494–5059.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Merle Good,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–17703 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–921–41–5700; WYW138133]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

June 18, 1998.

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW138133 for lands in Campbell

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination. The lessee has agreed to

the amended lease terms for rentals and

royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or

fraction thereof, per year and 162⁄3

percent, respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice. The lessee

has met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

Section 31 (d) and (e) of the Mineral

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.

188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

lease WYW138133 effective February 1,

1998, subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

Pamela J. Lewis,

Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.

[FR Doc. 98–17654 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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